The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 14, 1950 Page: 3 of 4
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South African Travels
Many Miles To School
By CUABtE^ D.UNN
A look of amazement crossed
Dean Cecil Hallow's face when into
his office walked a slender blond
boy who said he wanted to register
for the second semester then two
weeks -away.
"Why did you come so early?
You know that registration day is
still two weeks away," exclaimed
the puzzled dean of men,
"Well, I had quite a way to
conie/' the boy explained apologet-
ically, "and this was as near as
I could time it."
"Where did you come from, any-
way,- Australia?" asked the still
curious dean,
, "No, not Australia, Southwest
Africa,", the boy said calmly.
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Clarence Ward, the boy; is ac-
tually attending Tarleton from
SsUmeh, Southwest Africa, ir, the
midst of the lion and elephant
region.
To all those who might be curi-
ous PS to why he picked Tarleton,
necessitating a 9,241-mile trip,
just to go. to college, he explains
carefully that he. is really a native
of Pecos, Texas, and has always
planned to go to Texas A&M, but
since he had been out of school
for three years, he decided that it
would be better to go to a junior
college first.
Clarence is majoring in electrical
engineering, and lives in Frey Hall.
He is a golf specialist; and has
joined the Tarleton golf team, and
plans to come out for baseball or
Softball when the season starts.
Asked about the differences be-
tween Texas and South Africa golf
courses, he said that he definitely
preferred the Texas courses, for
even though the trees in that part
of Africa are conspicious because
of their absence, there are no
'greens, or fairways, just brush, like
that of South Texas, covering the
low rolling hills,. making every
shot a difficult one. ■
He has lived in Southwest Africa,
a former German colony, for three
years, working in the' electrical
shops of the Newmoun't Mining
Corporation, which also employs
his father as a diesel electrical me-
chanical engineer. Clarence plans
to go back to Africa if he is of-
fered a job similar to that held by
his father; if not, he said smilingly,
he will go, wherever he can find
one.
The town where he lives is a
mining center, with lead, zinc, and
the world's richest copper mines.
It is quite isolated; the ocean is
350 miles away and the nearest
city more than 200 miles distant, a
common occurrence in Africa. -
Contrary to public opinion, which
regards all Africa as an equitorial
jungle teaming with monkeys, or-
chids and tropical snakes and birds,
Southwest Africa is dry, fairly _
free from vegetation, and with a
perfect temperature for working,.
Clarence said.
One thing irfost Americans have
straight, however, is the native
tribes. There are hundreds of na-
tive tribes, intludihg the savage
and uncivilised bushmen, who
would . prefer throwing poisoned
darts at whites to looking at them.
The poison, incidentally, is a potent
liquid which they alone know how
to make. The bushmen are the.
most feared of the natives most of
whom are Negroes of the same
general typ^ as found in other
parts of Africa.
■ Clarence, who can not easily go
home every week-end, will be in
Texas until he graduates from Tar-
leton. Then he will have only a
five-month vacation before having
to return to A&M for another two
years
ANTHONY
Welcome New and Old Students
FOR GOOD AND COURTEOUS SERVICE
COME TO THE
Kendall Clark, star of stage
and -■ screen, played Mark An
thony in the Webster presenta-
tion of "Julius Caesar."
CGiaECJE BARBER SHOP
Acsoss the Comer from the Auditorium
tUItCpES, SANDWICHES AND SHORT ORDERS
i . ' MALTS AND COLD DRINKS
i .
' Open Until Midnight
CIU BCAFE
OPEN 7:30
Welcome New and Old Students
Complete Fountain Service
SANDWHES AND SHORT ORDERS
COLLEGE COURTS CAFE
& RECREATION CLUB
Across from Boys' Dorm
MISS GOUGH—
.(Continued from page 1)
watering trough at Morgan Mill,
and in brooks and pools at Rock
Falls,, she gathered her scums.
Many specimen also came from the
college fish pond and aquarium.
All were carried to the Tarleton
laiiDJiatQry where she could study
them under the microscope. Once
she became so interested in an
acrobatiq dance that pairs of the
one-cell plants were doing that she
called in Dr. Reed, Together they
kept their eyes glued to the micro,-
cape, much to the delight of their
students who "walked," while their
professors watched the dance of
the chlorophyceae.
As her contribution to the war
effort, Miss Gough collected pollen
to be used in making serum for al-
lergies, such as hay fever. She.
started this in the summer of 1943
when the Reynolds laboratory in
Fort Worth sought her help. Soon
she had more work than she could
do. A company in Yonkers, New
York, sent her an order for $650
worth of cockleburr pollen. "This
was the first that I knew that
cockleburr served any useful pur-
pose " she laughed.
In collecting and cleaning the
plant pollen, Miss Gough found it
necessary to work in an air-tight
room. "I dropped from 130 to 112
pounds from dehydration," she- re-
called. Once when Dr. Hugh B,
Smith found her prespiring pro-
fusely, he sneaked in an electric
fan. Before she knew what was
happening, a week's work blew
away.
"Finally, I had to slow up," she
said, "and immediately after the
war ended, I stopped collecting
pollen for commerieal firms."
The charming and gracious little
professor, who once acted as dean
of women at Tarleton, said that
publication of her pond-scum paper
years ago would have given her a
big boost and stimulated her to
greater effort,
"Now, I'm too old to care," she
said, and then with a sly twinkle
in her eyes added, "but after I
retire this year, I hope to complete
classification of Erath County
grasses,"
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COLLEGE STORE
"Serving Tarleton Students"
Reuben R. Friou, Manager
Valentine Day
To Go Unnoticed
By Tarletonites? ^
Summer and flowers are far a,way,
Gloomy old Winter is king today.
Buds will not blow and the sun
will not shine:
What shall I,do for a "Valentine?
These lines sum up the general
spirit of most of the cadets on the
campus on this "Sweetheart's
Day." Many have sweethearts far-
away, many other cadets have
lady-friends in nearby vicinities,
and many are "broke."
The latter of the above accounts
for the worried minds of many
T§C female students. Only a few
girls can look forward to tonight
when their favorite beaux call for
them with big red boxes of candy.
Many students favor a dance to
celebrate the holiday and many-
agree that a party would be appro-
priate for the occasion.
One cadet said, "Valentine's Day
is coming in the middle of the week
and it is a pity that it would in-
terfere, as far as social activities
are concerned, with the school's
plans."
"A Valentine's Day dance should
be held on the Saturday night pre-
ceding the holiday," replied a coed.
MARY FULFER,
WOMAN VETERAN
The first woman veteran to en-
roll at Tarleton since the end of
the war began a two-year Home
Economics course this semester.
Mrs. Mary Fulfer, who spent two
years and eight months in the
WACs, attended Ranger Junior
College two years previous to her
military experience studying busi-
ness.
During her 10 months overseas
duties, she served at Hollandia,
New Guinea through the South-
west Pacific campaign and at Ma-
nila in the later stages of the war.
Before going overseas, she re-
ceived basic training at Camp
Monticello, Arkansas; later*' she
was stationed at Lake Charles
Army Air Field, Louisiana, and
Morris Field, Charlotte, North
Carolina. She was transferred to
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, for over-
seas training.
After graduation from Tarle-
ton, she plans to enter full-time
duties its a housewife. ■
RHODE ISLAND
The completion of the fourth
month of the Tarleton egg laying
contest indicates a change in only
one respect V- D. Graves, director
and head of the poultry division
announced this week..
Capital Breeding Farm of St.
Paul, Minnesota, with a pen of
Rhode Island Reds, again has lead-
ing pen for the wionth-, with 394.95
points and' 367 eggs. Another of
their entries? is th,e leading' pen to.
date, having to its credit 13&4.80
points and a total of 1348 eggs.
Independent?
Xm Belchat
That's the Fort
By tfARQLD WAR FORD
The boys at the Fort have elect-
ed John Badge\vell as their repre-
sentative and he has asked me to
make the follovving- announcement
on their behalf:
Now that the Military Ball is
only -three weeks off, girls' desir-
ing dates for it with us had bet-
ter get their applications in pretty
soon now. Bids are beginning to
pile ujp.
In order to be fair to all the
girls we are going to have to set a
deadline. We are. going to try to. be
as fait as we can in this, but of
course we may overlook some in
the rush. What we are going to do
is put the names of the girls en-
tering the contest in a hat, draw;
out their names and these lucky
girls will win an interview, and
possibly a date, with some Fort
boy.
Applications may be made by
telephone (No. 232) or by mail,
any time before midnight. Friday.
Tuesday, February 14,- 11 5Q
DJIE J-TAC—3
New Ag« Terminal Course
Post-registration day figures
showed an increase of over 70: per
cent in the enrollment of the gen-
eral agriculture, vocational terminal
course for. thi^ semester, the agri-
culture division announced last
week.
"This increase, from 17 to. over
25, showed the increasing, popular-
ity of the course with Tarleton stu-
dents and showed that it is of a
very practical nature," said A. J.
Spangler, agriculture division di-
rector*.
This curriculum, offered for the
first time this year, is designed to
fit. the. needs of high school grad-
uates who feel the need of prac-
tical training in agriculture and
rural leadership, but who are not
interested in a degree.
Including, such courses as Farm
and Shop Work, Applied Farm
Arithmetic and English, Auto Me-
chanics, Rural Leadership, and
Home Relationships, it has attract-
ed students from all parts of the
state who believe that Texas needs
more rural leaders who have had
practical training- in college in-
stead of purely(ac;.iclemic work.
Each subject in the curriculum
is designed to fit the needs of the
student who is living and plans to
continue living on the farm, arid
who has no need of theoretical or
philosophical courses.
Students who are now taking
the terminal course,i include Don
Conjpton of Breckenridge, Camilo
Aguirre of Cuba, Howard Lange
of Burnet, John Weldon Reed of
A,ustin, Marcus Lanier Riley of
Teague, Herbert Seigler of Mata-
dor, Ray Schmidt of Mason, David
L, Smitlji of Meridian, John L.
White of Georgetown, Louis Grif-
fin of Odessa, Billy Glenn of
Round IJock, Charles Smith of Val-
ley-Mills, John T. Walker of Breck-
enridge, Ronald Harris of Moran,
James Phillips of Johnsville, and
Leonard Vaughn of Hedley.
Following is the course as it
will be offered this semester:
First Year
First Semester Credit
Farm Shop Worl? 175 (1-4) 3
Livestock Production 175 (2-4) 3
Farm Arithmetic 175 (3-0) 3
Applied English 175 -(3-0) 3
Auto Mechanics 101 (2-3) 3
Military Science 101. (2-2) 1
Physical Education 155 (0-2) R
Freshman Orientation
101A -
NQ.TICE! '
AH, students who have auto-
mobiles, scooters and motor-
bikes must register them in th,e.
Registry's Office immediately.
They need the. license number
a,nd the name, of the owners in,
the office. Failure, 'to register
your car, motor scooter or motor-
bike will subje9t your removal
of the vehicle from the <janvpus.
-(1-0) 1
17
Credit
-(1-4) 3
ave
WHERE ARE COW—
(Continued from page 1)
is still room left for the possibil-
ities of the player.
"Actors don't like to restricted,
and they are never great but for
a few years. Interest in classic^ is
the only opportunity that a young
actor has," she, stated.
Life on the road is much more
rugged than life in New York, ac-
cording to David Lewis, who was
also interviewed. He added that in
New York you follow a regular
routine. After a road trip, you
can't remember anything hardly
but a few of the hotels and the
theater. You get a lot of experi-
ence from traveling, too. ,
"The future of the theater lies
in cities like Dallas, Right now,
most of the stage is concentrated
in New York. Every town of the
size -of 150,000 should have a the-
ater, and it can be done without
to much expense, ^he young actors
could get their start there; but as
it is, they all flock to New York
and abou(t ninety per cent have no
jobs. It depends on the people in
the towns," Lewis remarked.
From Tarleton, the troupe jour-
neys to El Paso, with a stop in
Pecos.
FIFTEEN TSC—
(Continued tivtti page 1)
scholarship and was voted AU-
Tarlfiton Girl.
Ronnie Stephens is a pre-law ma-
jor from Graham. He was recently
elected president of the Scholar-
ship Society, while last yea,i he
served as its, vice-president.
Prosper Walker comes from.Mo-
ran to study social science. He was
a member of the Wainwright Rifles
and is now cadet colonel. He is
president of the Officers' Club and
vice-president of Semper Idem, The
winner of the Wm. Edwin Dyess
Scholarship, Prosper also won the
American Legion Medal for the
outstanding first year cadet,
James Wiedenfeld is studying
range and wildlife and lives in
Comfort. He came out for football
and is dorm master of Dorm No, 2,
Eloise Willingham from Austin
is taking home economics. She is
a member of the Coronas Club,
Home Economics Club, and the
girls' fencing team.
. A student who is registered for
a minimum of 15 semester hours
and makes a grade point ratio of
2.25 with not grade below "C" is
placed on the Distinguished Stu-
dent List. Any student who is on
this list both the fall and spring
semesters is ^warded the Scholar
tic "T" award by the college,.
By LUTHER HEIZER
A new form of drill*will be dis-
played by the Wainwright Rifles at
future performances this year. This
drill is similar to the form of drill
used by the United States Army
;uiitil the late IQSO'a. It differs from'
the drill used today in the armed
forces in both the manual of arms,
in the organization of the differ-
ent elements, and in marching.
In general, the execution of the
different positions of the rifle is
performed in one less count than
in the present system. For example,
_port arms is done in one count
in this new Wainwright Rifle drill,
but it is done in two counts in
regular drill. This position is done
in one less count by actually
throwing the rifle to the correct
position and catching it, instead of
carrying the rifle to the correct
position in . two distinct steps.
When the rifle is lowered to
order, arms, it is dropped and
caught just before hitting the
ground instead of lowering it to
the ground in three steps. The posi-
tions of right should*; r and left
ATTENDS MEET
AND CONCERT
Five faculty members and a
group of Tarleton students spent
two days of last week in Mineral
Wells at a convention of the Texas
Music Educators Association. A
concert w^s given Friday night
by the all-state band, chorus, and
orchestra.
Faculty members making the
trip were Randolph Foster, Royal
Brantley, Donald W. Morton, Mrs.
Harold Dorsey, and Mrs. Nelson
Keyes. Those accompanying them
included J. P. Harris Vera Boenig,
Harold Parnell, Webb Golston,
Joan IJing, Eva Wyatt, Janice,Al-
sup, Houston Schirmer, Ja,ck Fea-
therstone, Edgar Anderson and
Gene Marinelli.
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shoulder arms are also assumed m
one less count in this drill by steps
similar to the ones described above.
The organization of the squad
and platoon is also different. The
squad is composed of eight men,
who .in normal squad formation,
are placed in two ranks, with four
men in each rank. This differs
from the present form of squa.d,
organization. The present day
squad is composed of nine men,
and in normal formation, the men
are in one rank. (
The platoon will be composed of
four squads and two guides, with
the first four men of each squad
comprising the first rank, and the
seoDnd four men of each squad
comprising the second rank. This
is quite different from the present
day army platoon which is com-
posed of one guide and four nine-
men squads, with the first squad
comprising the first rank, the sec-
j ond squad comprising the second
rank, etc.
In the present day drill, the posi-
tions of the rifle for marching
are done on command before start-
ing to march, but in this type of
drill that the Wainwright Rifles
will use, the position of right
shoulder arms will be done auto-
matically, with out any specific
command, during the first three
counts after beginning to march
from a halt. The rifle will also be
brought automatically to order
arms when a halt is given.
This form of drill will take a
lot of practice to perfect, and thus
the Wainwright Rifles will drill
two nig:hts each week during this
semester. The first, drill will be
held tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m.
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Total Hours
Second Semester
Farm Shop Work 176—
Field Crops and Conserva-
tion Farming 176 (2-4) 3
Farm Records 170--. (2-2) 3
Applied English 176 (3-0) 8
Auto Mechanics 102 (2-3) 3
Military Science 102 (2-2) 1
Physical Education 15(i (0-2) E
Total Hours 1G
Second Year
First Semester Credit
Farm Machinery and
' Tractors 185 (2-4) 3
Elementary Surveying,
Draining and Ter-
racing- 185
Poultry—Types', Breeding
and Production 185
Rural Leadership ,185
Health Education 117—
Physical Education 255.
Military Science 201-
Current Affairs 20i..„~.
: (2-4) 3
(2-2)
(8-0)
(3-0)
(0-2)
(2-2)
(1-0)
Total Hours
17
Second Semester
Credit
Rural Electricity 180 —
(2-4)
3
Milk Production, Sanita-
tion and Handling 186—
-(2-4)
3
Plant Production & Home
Gardening 186-
(9,-4)
3
Agricultural
Resources 186
(3-0)
3
Home Relationships 107—
(3-0)
3
Physical Education 256-
-(0-2)
E
Military Science, 2Q3,.'
(2-2)
1
Current Alfairg 202.
-(1-0)
1
Total Hours
17
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TARLETON MILITARY BALL
MARCH 11.1950
Second year veteran students a,nd former cadeta
enrolled in Tarleton who desire tQ intend the
Military Ball must register with the Military
department before February 22.
Place: Dining Hall
Admission: $1,75 Per Couple
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